THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR ______________________________________________________ Have Economic Policies of Federal Government Made Things Better/Worse 1984-1996 PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'Made Worse' Percent of group: '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 Males 20 22 21 ** 43 16 20 Females 21 21 22 ** 41 15 14 Whites 19 21 21 ** 43 17 18 Blacks 30 29 25 ** 42 8 13 Grade School 16 16 16 ** 22 11 11 High School 20 20 20 ** 40 14 16 Some College, no Degree 21 23 25 ** 45 19 20 College Degree/ Post-grad 26 24 24 ** 50 16 17 Income 0-16 Percentile 23 17 16 ** 33 15 13 Income 17-33 Percentile 21 23 24 ** 39 10 17 Income 34-67 Percentile 21 21 23 ** 45 14 16 Income 68-95 Percentile 20 21 21 ** 46 19 19 Income 96-100 Percentile 13 19 26* ** 49 19 20 Professionals 22 25 24 ** 48 17 18 White Collar 23 21 23 ** 42 19 16 Blue Collar 20 20 20 ** 41 12 17 Unskilled 25 18 19 ** 40 15 10* Farmers 8 25 14 ** 23 19* 19* Housewives 19 20 22 ** 39 18 16 Union Households 28 24 26 ** 48 15 20 Non-Union Households 19 20 21 ** 41 15 16 South 19 18 18 ** 39 15 14 Nonsouth 21 23 23 ** 44 16 18 Born 1975 or later ** ** ** ** 31* 7 10 Born 1959-1974 16 13 16 ** 38 14 16 Born 1943-1958 19 23 25 ** 47 18 20 Born 1927-1942 26 25 21 ** 47 18 16 Born 1911-1926 25 23 23 ** 37 12 15 Born 1895-1910 17 17 21 ** 25 9* 15* Born before 1895 0* 0* ** ** ** ** ** Democrats (incl leaners) 32 28 30 ** 49 8 12 Independents & Apoliticals 14 17 19 ** 40 13 19 Republicans (incl leaners) 9 14 13 ** 33 24 22 Liberals 32 29 29 ** 59 7 12 Moderates 24 21 27 ** 44 13 17 Conservatives 15 21 19 ** 40 24 25 * numbers followed by an asterisk indicate 50 or fewer total respondents within group ** indicates question not asked or no cases within group Table 4E.5.3 Source: The American National Election Studies NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed. See Table 1A.3 Table generated: 27NOV05